Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of Phnom-Penh, currently Vicar Delegate of Phnom-Penh.
The rev. Pierre Suon Hangly was born on April 14, 1972 in Phnom-Penh. He was ordained a priest on December 9, 2001. From 2001 to 2007 he was parish priest.
From 2007 to 2015 he studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris, obtaining a Baccalaureate and a Licentiate in Spiritual Theology and subsequently returned to Cambodia. He has been Vicar Delegate of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom-Penh since 2017. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/7/2022)